Seasonal progression of atmospheric particulate matter over an urban coastal region in peninsular India: Role of local meteorology and long-range transport

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 199, Issue , 2018, Pages 145-158

  Mahapatra, P S ^a   Sinha, P R ^b,c   Boopathy, R ^a   Das, T ^a   Mohanty, S ^d   Sahu, S C ^e   Gurjar, B R ^f  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d Orissa State Pollution Control Board   (India)

^e India Meteorological Department   (India)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Air mass cluster; Local emissions; Long range transport; PM10; PM2.5; Wind direction; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; WIND;

AIR MASS; LOCAL EMISSIONS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PM10; PM2.5; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

BHUBANESWAR; INDIA; ODISHA;

EID: 85032307133     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.09.001     Document Type: Article

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